Lice Infestation Good Idea?

[PrinPeach]

I have a question for the bug experts. I'm hoping you could give me some advice. My boyfriend is all excited about the love lice, crabs, animal things and wants us to get them. I'm not sure this is such a good idea. He says these are specially bred and they're not the same kind as homeless people's lice. He says these are bigger and tame. I'd never heard of this before, but he and his buddies are all into it. See the FAQ on lovebugz.net to explain it better than I can.
I'm worried but he says it's totally harmless and if I don't like I can just wash them right out with karosene. The web site seems kind of one sided to me and I thought I'd ask somebody else if there's anything I should be concerned about. Are they just harmless fun?

 

[myrmecophile]

Gotta be a joke.

 

[PrinPeach]

No Joke

I've seen em crawling around. There a are several internet places devoted to this. My Boyfriend and his friends are crazy but not insane. I see where you're coming from, but people get excited over weird stuff.

 

[Hedorah99]

Gotta be a joke.

I second that.

 

[cacoseraph]

it doesn't snopes and i didn't see malarky google hits in the first 50


but... the guys that run the lovebugz site sound like idiots

lice are vampires as far as i know... to selectively breed them to eat dead skin sounds VERY suspicious to me

there was not a species name anywhere on the site that i could find to anchor research to


and... if the lice *are* vampire they could greatly facilitate the spread of blood born diseases, possibly


i personally don't know if it is a joke or not... but the lovebugz site has no useful info and i would not personally do this from them

makes me think of Typhoid Mary a little bit

 

[cacoseraph]

and i still say putting karosene on yoru privates is not a spectacular idea, especially for females =P

 

[Hedorah99]

The websites probably from the same makers of GenPets

 

[PrinPeach]

I looked around the internet and the official name for this fetish is Formicophilia. AS bug experts, I'd think you'd heard of this.

Look, I know this is pretty fringe but it really goes on. I'm just trying to decide if this is just mildly stupid or life altering permanently dumb. If I don't like it, I can always just wash them out.

 

[xchondrox]

:? sigh......people never cease to amuse me.

 

[thedude]

id just not do it.. think about it.. do you really want lice or crabs? lol..... itchy stuff.... but if you like the fact that you have little bugs on you sucking your blood and eating your dead skin thats your deal, to each his own i suppose...

i can think up a few names for the person who created the whole idea of parasite fetishes....

 

[Matt K]

I can always count on the human race to dissapoint me in some way or another....

Maybe instead of asking bug keepers if this is a good idea, you should ask a health professional why people normally try to avoid these creatures in the first place. Your question should be "Why do people in every country, and primates, and birds, and even fish, for that matter, intentionally remove lice from thier bodies? Why not just live and let live with all creatures, including lice and fleas?"

*sigh*

 

[Choobaine]

I am one of the most open minded people in this world (most people just call it weird) but even I see absolutely no fun in this whatsoever.

It looks VERY questionable, I'd avoid it if I were you. I'd probably give your man a good talking to as well.

 

[lucanidae]

I looked around the internet and the official name for this fetish is Formicophilia. AS bug experts, I'd think you'd heard of this.

Come on! Really? Formicidae is the family of ants. Thus, Formicophilia is a 'love of ants'. Loosely translated I guess this could mean getting some kind of pleasure out of ants or ant bites or having ants crawl on you....I dunno.

Entomophilia would be the same, except for all insects. And I guess I could coin a new term for you; Anopluraphilia, a love of sucking lice.

I think this is ridiculous.

 

[Frédérick]

haha your boyfriend and his friends are into this? this is pretty funny actually lol but indeed i wouldn't recommend it...how and where would they be supposed to live anyway (the lice) ?

 

[Hedorah99]

Please people, stop feeding the troll.

 

[pinktoe23]

Yeah this is probably a waste of time but the fact this could be real disturbs me so here goes nothing. PrinPeach, if your boyfriend asks you to catch an std from him so everytime you "itch" you can think about him and the bond you share , would you do it? That website must be run by 13 year olds at best, this is how stupid this sounds. Check out the poetryprose thing on their website at the far right(the testimonial ). Have you read this?

Time to ditch this immature boyfriend of yours and get someone who cares about your health and comfort. I don't think you should do anything you don't want to and let him pressure you into doing something this dumb :wall: 'Nuff said.

 

[thedude]

Yeah this is probably a waste of time but the fact this could be real disturbs me so here goes nothing. PrinPeach, if your boyfriend asks you to catch an std from him so everytime you "itch" you can think about him and the bond you share , would you do it? That website must be run by 13 year olds at best, this is how stupid this sounds. Check out the poetryprose thing on their website at the far right(the testimonial ). Have you read this?

Time to ditch this immature boyfriend of yours and get someone who cares about your health and comfort. I don't think you should do anything you don't want to and let him pressure you into doing something this dumb :wall: 'Nuff said.

yeah i jsut checked the site out..... thats the stupidest thing ive ever seen... thats all i can and will say

 

[arachyd]

I can see how the whole concept came about....

Spouse 1: And just where were you for 2 hours??? The convenience store is 3 minutes away.
Spouse 2: The convenience store had such a long line I went to the one across town.
Spouse 1: That one is only 15 minutes away.
Spouse 2: Yeah but I couldn't find a parking space and then there was somebody giving the cashier a hard time so it took a while. When I came out I had a flat tire so I had to empty the whole trunk to find the jack and spare, change that and I had to go farther to find a working air pump to fill the spare.
Spouse 1: Why aren't your hands dirty?
Spouse 2: The air pump was at a service station with a bathroom. I scrubbed up for you dear.
Spouse 1: Oh, well ok but it seems like an awfully long time.
Some time later......
Spouse 1: Eeeeeeek!!! What the heck is that!??????
Spouse 2 (Quickly thinking as fast as humanly possible): Oh, those are my new pets! I mail-ordered them last week. They are called Love Bugz because you share them with someone you love. You know you are the only one I will ever share them with because darling I love you.
Spouse 1 (Recognizing an opportunity and thinking even faster than humanly possible): Wow! That is really amazing! I ordered some 2 weeks ago.........

 

[Jer]

Is your boyfriend into crystal meth? I just don't see why someone would want to have lice crawling up their peehole. Try it, and post the results back here. And I thought I knew some weird people.

 

[hamfoto]

This thread is getting dangerously close to being closed...not from bad replies...but from stupidity.
What a ridiculous idea! One phrase..."thinning the herd".

Chris